If you haven’t yet heard about the brewing conflict between the IRS and the congregation of All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, go now to this article by Robert Freedland and read.
Since Bush has been such a staunch supporter of Christian churches, I expect him to immediately call off the IRS any day now.
Oddly enough, I just got back from the 95th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Olympia (where Steph and I were alternates for our congregation; one of the last resolutions we passed was to support and stand in solidarity with All Saints.
Before you get too bent out of shape, read this article, and check out the comments on this in the Episcopal LJ community.
It’s not just liberal organizations that are coming under scrutiny, for example, some of the churches involved in the whole “Justice Sunday” thing are being looked at.
This doesn’t mean that I’m happy about any of this, but there are churches out there that do blatantly violate the laws regarding being a tax-exempt organization.